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Still Love You Anyway
02:56
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This entire song is one chord, picked up and down
E:0
B:0
G:11
D:9
A:11
E:0
Your butt is getting fat
Your hair is getting thin
but I don't care about that
you make me want to grin
Still love you anyway
Your breasts are sagging down
your skin's no longer tight
but I'll still kiss the ground
that you walk on every night
Still love you anyway
Your teeth are falling out
your life's gone on so long
but I wanna ask you out
and write you loving songs
Still love you anyway
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2. |
I Felker Up
03:09
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Em-D
Today I told you that I think you're really cute
No I didn't but I really wanted to
I just couldn't because I have
C
a girlfriend
Em-D
She'd get really mad if I told her
Today you walked up and kissed me on the shoulder
and then the sweetest thing of all
C
You bit me on the titty
That was so cute
I wanted to kiss you
but I can't because I'm taken
so for the sake of my lover I have to tell all these feelings I have for you
D D# E
No No NO NO NO NO NO NO
Em-D
You bit me directly on the nipple
but it didn't turn me on at all
OK it did but I tried to make it not
C
You made me horny
Yeah I admit it I think you're sexy
but I can't do anything about this cuz we're actually both taken
so for our lovers' sakes I must say to myself
D D# E
No No NO NO NO NO NO NO
Em-D
Have I remembered to mention that all of this romantic tension comes from a girl whose name I don't even know?
C
She said her name was Simba
That was really sexy of her and I think that anyone who says their name is Simba to a total stranger is a fucking hottie
but I can't go out with her because I have a lover so I must remind myself
D D# E
No No NO NO NO NO NO NO
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3. |
I Like Rainbows
04:24
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This song is in G
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4. |
It was Love
02:09
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It was love (8)
You came to me in a dream
I knew you were a darkskinned beauty
Everyone else in town knew too
and I knew you had to be with me
It was love (8)
I was your doctor
you died of cancer
Then I dug your body
out of the earth it was the only answer
It was love (8)
You laid in my bed
I was not lonely
I covered up your scent
with some ammonia
It was love (8)
You were discovered
By dirty rumors
That happened to be true
And then I lost you
It was love (8)
I had to move on
They took your body
But the statute of limitations
had run out already
so I beat the charges
even tho they just found me
I moved to florida with my daughter
And my family
Took good care of me
But I always knew
in the back of my heart
There was another
And we had to be apart
until we died
It was love (8)
then I died finally
We were reunited
We held hands in a green field and now we’re always happy
It is love (8)
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Keyboard plugged into overdrive.
C and g
then
Middle a’s
then
Down a fret and up a fret
then
Down a fret and up a fret
then
Down a fret and up a fret
I can’t think of anything you’ve got to live for
except for me and of even that I’m not sure
I wonder what made you decide that you wouldn’t rather live than die
I’m not done with you quite yet yet yet (3)
So you need to stay on this planet
I can’t believe you’d rather die than live I wonder why oh why (2)
But I secretly understand-stand-stand
Cuz there have been many times in my life when I’ve wanted to take my hand
and cut it off and say there now I’ll die the hard way
But you didn’t decide to commit suicide
Yet. Thank god, I’d miss you
Even though I never tell you any of the whole truth
Cuz I’m not done with you quite yet yet yet (3)
So you can’t leave this planet.
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6. |
Your Drool
03:26
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(Am, Am with open G, G)
Your drool
On my pillow
Is all
That I remember
Cuz I I I don’t miss you one bit
Per second
Cuz you always came second
For me
In my memory
It’s allright
To have
The stain
On my sheets
Cuz I I I
Don’t remember
When I close my eyes
The way your feet
Moved against mine
That one night
It’s so pretty
Your drool
Small and white
Like your body
parts that I liked
If I remember
Which I don’t
I don’t think of you very often
Except when it’s cold out
Or the sun is shining
Or I’m with friends
Or alone
Or I I I look at my phone
And see your text message
The one that says
"Wake me if you want"
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7. |
It's a Secret
01:04
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(Am-C-G, G-C9. There’s a also a bridge I don’t remember how to play)
I am the sexiest man alive
I could really drive
All the women crazy
But no one will ever know (2)
I can play guitar
I am a rock star
My cock gets so hard
But no one will ever know (2)
You might think that I’m shy, but that’s because I try and I succeed
No one will ever know (2)
I am very special
I have a lot of secrets
But I won’t tell anyone
No one will ever know (2)
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8. |
Lily
02:53
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(Am-G)
Lily you don’t have to lower your standards
(Am-G)
Your decisions should always be your own
(Am-G)
Even though you’re not as hot as Heather
(F-Em-C)
It’s better to be alone whoa-oh-oh
(F-Em-Am)
It’s better to wait and be alone
Lily maybe I lied to you
Sometimes our standards can’t be our own
It’s partly cuz you’re not as hot as Heather
But it’s better not to be alone whoa-oh-oh
It’s worth it to not be alone
Lily I lied to you one more time
Which one’s best I don’t actually know
Who cares if you’re not as hot as Heather
It’s up to you whether you need to not be alone whoa-oh-oh
Or if you wanna wait it out on your own
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9. |
Let it Rain
04:41
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(G-Am-C)
She sits by her window
Waiting for me to call
But her phone’s not ringing at all
So she starts singing
Let it rain let it rain let it rain
She sees a light outside
Wishes she could hide
From its bright eye
So she starts to sigh
Let it rain let it rain let it rain
Then she looks outside
Remembers laughing til we cried
Can’t help but look outside
Wishes she couldn’t see the light
So she softly cries
Let it rain let it rain let it rain
One more thing
When you hear me sing
The word she, I mean me
And the word I, I mean her
So let it rain let it rain let it rain
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10. |
My Daddy
04:15
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C-G-F?
Sitting here
Thinking about
The circumstances
Of my father’s death
It hit me
He has decided
Not to live
Another year
And he will take his own life soon
I’m really scared, you know?
I refuse
To see it his way, his way, no
He’s my daddy (3)
No, I refuse
To see it his way, his way, oh
But it’s no use
I understand
What he’s going through
He never wanted to be
A plague on the land
But he’s my daddy, daddy, oh (2)
And I love him
I love him more, everyday
But maybe he’s right
Maybe the things we love
Always get taken away
Maybe he’s no exception to the rule
Even though, he should be
(chorus) (3)
No I wouldn’t trade him for anything
He doesn’t get it
He thinks that leaving
Is the generous, polite thing
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11. |
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Let me learn to love the loss of limitations
Please please please help me part with my possessions
I don't need them in my life
I need surprise
Take what is mine
It's the pleasures of being robbed
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12. |
Life
02:05
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Capo 6
g-c
LAlalalalala
am-em
Home friends
School ends
bummer's cleared
summer is here
Graduate
Rad job you take
Hot tea
Yahtzee
Don't play
can't today
work pays
perks OK
Getting old
Setting the mold
Losing goals
using your soul
Move higher
you retire
watch The Wire
funeral pyre
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It's all fine and well to say "be yourself, don't listen to anyone else"
but what you mean is "except society and me"
You believe in maturity
cuz when Andrea reads her poems
you say "stop it"
If someone does something you've never heard of
you get so annoyed
But if you were asked, you'd say you're really into that
When Andrea reads her poems
you leave the room
If you wanted sincerity you'd go to a middle school
but what you want is cleaned up lies that sound so cool
you claim that you're into honesty and integrity
but what you really love the most is predictability
when Andrea reads her poems you just leave
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Casio keyboard
jazz guitar and harp setting
2nd c-g
then one higher g-a-b,
then all down a key,
fc
ae
gd
You go out to find your dream man
he's not around so you take the best one you can
it's not that great but you're too beautiful to not have fun
you're better off than your friend who didn't find anyone
We all have to fill the hole
I go out and I walk around my town
I see the people laughing and I wonder how
then I see they're drunk and I remember I don't need that now
But we have to fill the hole
Some people go to work or to church and think that's enough
I'm not so big of a jerk that I'd call their bluff
cuz we have to fill the hole
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G-D-Am-C
You hurt me too bad to think of any words so I'll just whistle for a while
em-c-am-g
Why'd you go back to him?
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16. |
There was a Rainbow
03:48
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(palm mute)
Em
dm
f
em
when you left
i knew you were gone
but still
my friend
i write you these songs
em
dm
am
there was a rainbow
dm
f
em
there was a rainbow
fill: em with high e added
when you went
i gave
up all hope
but still
it hurts
cuz i
still know
there was a rainbow (4)
every day
it's dark
and you can't be found
i lay
in the park
and i look around
but there's no rainbow (4)
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17. |
The Truth Hurts
02:43
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Capo 5
c-f-c
I have a beard on it’s made of air
You are gone and I don’t care
I never think about you
Except when I’m surprised that I never do
chorus c-am-g-am-g-am-g-c (2)
la la la la la la la la la la la
I’m with someone better now
She’s not as hot but she’s allowed
To sleep with me and you are not
Cuz I don’t care about what you’ve got
In your head it’s not interesting
You feel that fighting makes life more exciting
That conflict will make you less lonely
I’m so glad we never made a baby.
(corse)
I must admit I miss you sometimes
But calling you should be a crime
Getting back together would be hell
but you’ll never accept anything else
I still have pictures of your body
And that was all you had to offer me
You were a mistake except for those
Sing along you know how it goes
(corse)
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